Kârath — H3772

H3772 · Hebrew — כרת

Pronunciation: kaw-rath'

Definition

verb

to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)

  1. to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant
    1. (Qal)
      1. to cut off
        1. to cut off a body part, behead
      2. to cut down
      3. to hew
      4. to cut or make a covenant
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to be cut off
      2. to be cut down
      3. to be chewed
      4. to be cut off, fail
    3. (Pual)
      1. to be cut off
      2. to be cut down
    4. (Hiphil)
      1. to cut off
      2. to cut off, destroy
      3. to cut down, destroy
      4. to take away
      5. to permit to perish
    5. (Hophal) cut off

In Hebrew a covenant is “cut”, probably alluding to the animals divided at its ratification (Gen 15:10); the KJV renders “made a covenant” (Gen 15:18).

Usually translated as

cut, fail, hew, want, destroy, be chewed, feller, be freed, make a league, lose, perish, be con, ate, covenant, utterly

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Kârath occurs 287 times in 279 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (8), Exodus (14), Leviticus (20), Numbers (9), Deuteronomy (16), Joshua (12), Judges (8), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (16), 2 Samuel (8), 1 Kings (16), 2 Kings (10), 1 Chronicles (4), 2 Chronicles (14), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (2), Job (3), Psalms (14), Proverbs (4), Isaiah (18), Jeremiah (26), Ezekiel (19), Daniel (1), Hosea (4), Joel (3), Amos (3), Obadiah (3), Micah (5), Nahum (4), Zephaniah (5), Haggai (1), Zechariah (6), Malachi (1)

Strong's Lexicon — K